Cardiovascular disease risk factors in males with normal body weight and high waist-to-hip ratio

Journal of Cardiovascular Risk

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 299-305

  Pihl, E ^a   Jurimae T ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

Author keywords

Body mass index; Cardiovascular risk factors; Physical activity; Waist to hip ratio

Indexed keywords

LOW DENSITY LIPOPROTEIN CHOLESTEROL;

ADULT; AGED; ANTHROPOMETRIC PARAMETERS; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CARDIOVASCULAR RISK; CHOLESTEROL BLOOD LEVEL; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEIGHT; HIP; HUMAN; HYPERTENSION; LIFESTYLE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SKINFOLD THICKNESS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGED; ALCOHOL DRINKING; BLOOD PRESSURE; BODY CONSTITUTION; BODY MASS INDEX; BODY WEIGHT; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHOLESTEROL, HDL; CHOLESTEROL, LDL; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ESTONIA; EXERCISE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; SMOKING;

EID: 0034771014     PISSN: 13506277     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00043798-200110000-00009     Document Type: Article

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